Clutia paxii Knauf

Virgate small shrub up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, mostly up to c. 3 × 1.5 cm, green above, greysh-green beneath, hairless or sparingly pubescent on both surfaces, turning bright red when older; lateral veins often very indistinct; petiole 0.5-3 mm. Flowers unisexual on different plants. Male flowers in many-flowered clusters, greenish-white, with 2-3 glands at the base of the petals. Female flowers solitary or in pairs, greenish-yellow. Fruit c. 4 × 4 mm, hairless, green to dull reddish-brown.

Local

DRC (Kivu), Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.